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Recipe: Marrow croutons
Jennifer McLagan has a knack for tackling topics that are, shall we say, "under-appreciated". To complete a "trilogy" of sorts, the author follows up her award-winning "Bones" and "Fat" with "Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal." Full-on nose-to-...Tags: Garlic, Recipes, Mustard, Foods and Beverages, Black Pepper
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Patrice O'Neal death: Stroke's risk factors -- and complications
Stand-up comic Patrice O’Neal’s death Tuesday at age 41 from complications of a stroke he suffered in October highlights just how relatively common strokes are -- and how dangerous.
"Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S....Tags: Brain, High Blood Pressure, Human Body, Pneumonia, Diabetes
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An extramarital affair is bad for the heart -- literally
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain may soon drop out of the race after an Atlanta woman said on national television that she carried on an extramarital affair with the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO for 13 years. Cain denied that he and...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Herman Cain, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Erectile Dysfunction, Elections
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Women, the occasional drink, breast cancer and heart disease
In the last year alone, medical researchers have reported that women who drink moderately are more likely to get breast cancer but also live longer after a heart attack; are more likely to have stronger bones if they choose wine; have lower odds of...Tags: Gallbladder Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure, Genes and Chromosomes, Cancer
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Push for hospitals to buy new defibrillators criticized
Hospitals around the country have been spending millions of dollars to buy automated defibrillators to save the lives of more patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. The purchases were spurred by a 2000 recommendation from an American Heart Assn....Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Chest, Nursing, American Heart Association, Human Body
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Alzheimer's: What if there's no cure?
There's one thing that all Alzheimer's researchers agree on: The mind-robbing illness is heartbreaking. But after three decades of study that have produced neither cure nor medications that significantly slow its progress, some researchers are asking:...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Alzheimer's Disease, University of South Florida, Diabetes, Medical Research
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Death rate from first heart attack higher in those without the usual risk factors
Most of us know about the factors that raise our risk for heart attack: high blood pressure, bad blood lipids, diabetes, smoking, family history of heart attacks. Either that, or we’ve been living in a cave.
Though a study of more than 500,000...Tags: Chemicals, High Blood Pressure, Pharmaceuticals, Diabetes, Medical Research
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Women, young men may benefit from heart attack prevention therapy
Women and young men may not seem like typical heart attack patients, but a study finds some may be at high risk and could be candidates for preventive therapy.
In a study presented this week at the American Heart Assn.'s scientific sessions in Orlando,...Tags: Aspirin (drug), Heart Attack, American Heart Association, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research
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Restless legs syndrome, high blood pressure link seen
For middle-aged women, restless legs syndrome may come with an elevated risk of high blood pressure, researchers say.
Restless legs syndrome is characterized by crawling sensations and repeated muscle twichings in one or both legs, and an...Tags: Restless Leg Syndrome, Heart Attack, Legs, High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses
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Too long after heart attack, bone marrow cells lose effect: study
Injections of bone marrow cells into the heart can help heart attack patients regain pumping function, studies have shown.
But such injections don't seem to work once more than a week or so has passed post-heart attack, researchers working with a...Tags: Heart Attack, Bone Marrow, American Medical Association, Human Body, Medical Research
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Material Witness
LA Times MagazineAzadeh Shladovsky came to furniture design through a quite unexpected route.... -
Art review: Betye Saar at Roberts and Tilton
Culture MonsterLeah Ollman reviews an installation by Betye Saar at Roberts and Tilton...
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